Festiniog Railway Porthmadog

Porthmadog is a lovely station just down the causeway

from the works at Boston lodge 

Here Iarll Meirionnydd awaits its train. To we English

it is Earl of Merioneth

Earl of Merioneth is an 0-4-4-0 Double Fairlie and was the third locomotive to be built by the Festiniog Railway Company in its own workshops at Boston Lodge. Construction began in 1972 and was completed in 1979. It carries its name in English on one side and in Welsh (Iarll Meirionnydd) on the other. It was built as a replacement (incorporating some parts) for the previous Earl of Merioneth (originally Livingston Thompson).